Take that, Louisiana!

According to the official line, Lousiana is the most corrupt state in the nation - an outrageous claim to a New Jerseyan. Don't they know about our pension deferrals, pay-to-play economy, and state law enforcement officials preoccupied with protecting us against video rental late fees?

It takes federal authorities to try and clean up this state by frog-marching a New Jersey assemblyman and the mayors of Hoboken and Secaucus among other public officials arrested this morning by FBI agents in an international money laundering and corruption probe.

Why can't New Jersey clean up it's own act? Because they won't - even if you were to hand the governor a smoking gun.

Nothing. Even with documentation. Even with the governor knowing about it. Apparently what New Jersey politicians do is not illegal under New Jersey standards. It takes outsiders to point out that raiding trust funds and repaying political cronies is bad no matter what state you're in.